συνήθεια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From συνήθης (sunḗthēs) +‎ -ια (-ia).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sy.nɛ̌ː.tʰeː.a/ → /syˈni.θi.a/ → /siˈni.θi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sy.nɛ̌ː.tʰeː.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /syˈne̝.tʰi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /syˈni.θi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /syˈni.θi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /siˈni.θi.a/

Noun

σῠνήθειᾰ • (sunḗtheia) f (genitive σῠνηθίᾱς); first declension

1. habitual intercourse, acquaintance, intimacy
2. habit, custom
   • 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 620a:

     κατὰ συνήθειαν γὰρ τοῦ προτέρου βίου

     katà sunḗtheian gàr toû protérou bíou

     according to the habits of the former lives

Declension

First declension of ἡ σῠνήθειᾰ; τῆς σῠνηθείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σῠνήθειᾰ hē sunḗtheia	τὼ σῠνηθείᾱ tṑ sunētheíā	αἱ σῠνήθειαι hai sunḗtheiai
Genitive	τῆς σῠνηθείᾱς tês sunētheíās	τοῖν σῠνηθείαιν toîn sunētheíain	τῶν σῠνηθειῶν tôn sunētheiôn
Dative	τῇ σῠνηθείᾳ têi sunētheíāi	τοῖν σῠνηθείαιν toîn sunētheíain	ταῖς σῠνηθείαις taîs sunētheíais
Accusative	τὴν σῠνήθειᾰν tḕn sunḗtheian	τὼ σῠνηθείᾱ tṑ sunētheíā	τᾱ̀ς σῠνηθείᾱς tā̀s sunētheíās
Vocative	σῠνήθειᾰ sunḗtheia	σῠνηθείᾱ sunētheíā	σῠνήθειαι sunḗtheiai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Greek: συνήθεια (synítheia) (learned)

Further reading

• “συνήθεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek συνήθεια (sunḗtheia).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈni.θi.a/

Noun

συνήθεια • (synítheia) f (plural συνήθειες)

1. habit (habitual action)

   Synonym: έξη (éxi)

Declension

Declension of συνήθεια

	singular	plural
nominative	συνήθεια •	συνήθειες •
genitive	συνήθειας •	συνηθειών •
accusative	συνήθεια •	συνήθειες •
vocative	συνήθεια •	συνήθειες •

Further reading

• συνήθεια, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language